I used to have trouble understanding the bizarre, stupid, awful things our local elected officials did, thinking that the reason to run for civic office was for the good of all in the county.
When I finally realized that wasn’t why they ran for office, but for self aggrandisement (money, power; power, money)–every single thing they did made sense.

Same with a horrendous brush with jury duty, wherein the rest of the jury were delighted with a new scam for parting poor fish from their money, said openly in the jury room they were going to try it themselves, and promptly found for the predators. Amongst these folks were school teachers, church deacons, local philanthropists. It wasn’t pretty seeing the skull beneath the skin, but it was enlightening.

I think this is different from majority behavior of say, 50 years ago, and I don’t know how folks in this country got to worshipping power and greed, but you don’t need to look further than that for the GOP’s “difficulties” in governing. They aren’t trying to govern, at all. It’s Devil take the hindmost.

Maybe he sees the iceberg ?

Is the purpose to avoid answering questions? If so, how? Will he take an extended vacation abroad? I am not joking; Congress & the DOJ know Texas is not out of the reach of Congressional subpoena?

Or was he frustrated with the string of sucessive failures since the mid-term election, where he predicted Republican success in contolling the House AND Senate. He has not been able to deliver on privatizing Social Security or Amnesty for Illegal Aliens, both VERY big on the agenda of the Chamber of Commerce & WSJ.

Rove is not part of the usual pack who would migrate from a lame-duck president to some other job in business or the academic world. He was the core way back in the earliest days of Bush in politics. He’s not leaving for fun, and he LOVES power politics.

If you think Bush is hanging on to Gonzo to cover his ass with the DOJ, then he is probably letting Rove go for the same defensive reasons. The question is how moving him out of his office in the WH can distance him from Congressional probes.

I am waiting for the other shoe.

Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers released the following statement in reaction to President Bush’s announcement that Karl Rove will resign at the end of the month:

“The need for Karl Rove to explain his role in the firing of the U.S. Attorneys does not diminish when he leaves the White House. Our investigation to date has revealed the White House’s contempt for the rule of law and its interest in the politicization of the Department of Justice.

“While resignations at DoJ and the White House continue to mount, questions raised by this investigation remain. We will continue to seek answers to these questions and expect full cooperation from Mr. Rove and other officials regardless of whether they are employed by the White House.”

In other words, it ain’t over til the Turd Blossom sings.

Where’s Gonzo?